Let’s learn How To Say Something Does Not Make Sense in Spanish and avoid a common speaking-Spanish mistake. This lesson will also teach you how to say gym in Spanish.
Yesterday, when I was in the “gimnasio” (gym) here in Medellin, Colombia.
While in the “gimnasio,” or gym, I heard a native English speaker debating in Spanish with someone about the correct way to do an exercise. And I heard him say:
No hace sentido.
But “no hace sentido” is not the correct way to say “it doesn’t make sense.”
In Spanish, something does not “make” sense. In Spanish, something “has” sense. The Spanish verb for “to do” or “to make” is “hacer.”
In English, we say that something “makes” sense or does “not make” sense. That’s why English speakers will sometimes commit this error and use the Spanish verb “hacer” (to make) instead of the Spanish verb “tener” (to have) when indicating that something does or does not make sense.
Tiene sentido
It makes sense.
(Literally, “it has sense.”)
No tiene sentido.
It does not make sense.
(Literally, “it has no sense.”)
No logro entender esta carta.
I can’t make sense of this letter.
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